Our journey through international adoption while trying to stay sane with on-going life at home.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Cam feeding his sister

Ethan, so happy with "his" baby!

We're going home :)

One week old

So we had a crazy birth and hospital stay. It went something like this:1. Uneventful C-section, Reagan came out looking great.2. Platelet count taken immediately, Reagan started getting petechia and bruising.3. Platelet count came back at 14, which is critically low.4. Baby whisked away to receive IVIG5. Mom brought to recovery, hemorrhage occurs.6. Mom needs to give blood to baby, but her own counts are too low.7. Finally mom convinces them to take blood.8. Baby given blood platelets9. Mom passes out and is given transfusion.10. 48 hours later everyone is fine!11. Thursday everyone goes home.

A week later it's just like none of it ever happened.

I cannot feel anything but blessed. I have two healthy children, who started with a condition that many don't survived. It's just a God thing. I continue to be so convinced of the plan that has been laid for us. However, this will be our last newborn, so I plan to savor every moment.

Congratulations!! She is beautiful. And really work on trying to savor those newborn moments. I am trying, too. It's really hard to slow down and appreciate it all sometimes, especially with so many older ones. It goes waaaay to fast!